6:03 PM,
Feb. 18, 2013

Fire district elections are scheduled for this Saturday.

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| Staff Report

The few voters who did go to the polls Saturday afternoon mostly supported their local fire districts' spending plans, which are subject to annual voter approval.

Results were not available Monday for all fire districts in Hunterdon, Somerset and Middlesex counties, but among ballot totals that were reported, incumbent fire commissioners (if they were contested) emerged victorious and budget questions, which in Central Jersey sought to raise tax revenues by an average of 2.55 percent, easily won approval.

Not all tallies included mailed-in votes, which in some cases were uncounted ...

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